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Narrative Analysis - Report

Key Focus

Closer cooperation between the two allies comes as Japan steps away from the post-war pacifism that has shaped its defense planning for decades. At the end of 2022, Japan pledged to double defense spending to 2% of gross domestic product, including money to procure cruise missiles that can strike ships or land-based targets 1,000 km (620 miles) away ...

eyes change to military command in Japan as China threat looms: Reuters.. ; Biden and Kishida will unveil their plans when they meet on April 10 in Washington, the Financial Times reported. ...

air, land and sea forces in Japan have a three-star commander and do not have any authority over Japanese troops. . . Some U.S. officials, however, want any new U.S.commander there to be responsible only for joint exercises, training and information sharing with the new SDF headquarters, said one of the sources, both of whom asked not to be identified because they are not authorized to speak to the media ...

No momentum supporting factor found

Challenge supporting factors

(japan,defense)

(japan,washington)

(japan,threat)

(japan,targets)

(japan,strike)

(japan,spending)

(japan,sdf)

(japanese,sdf)

(japanese,troops,sdf)

(japan,procure)

(japan,post-war)

(japanese,media)

(japanese,troops,media)

(japanese,information)

(japanese,troops,information)

Work-in-progress supporting factors

(japan,troops)

(japan,three-star)

(japanese,three-star)

(japanese,troops,three-star)

(japan,sea)

(japanese,sea)

(japanese,troops,sea)

(japanese,japan)

(japanese,troops,japan)

Time Period	Challenge	Momentum	WIP
Report	62.22	0.00	37.78

High Level Abstraction (HLA) combined

High Level Abstraction (HLA)	Report
(1) (japan,defense)	100.00
(2) (japan,washington)	97.22
(3) (japan,troops)	94.44
(4) (japan,three-star)	91.67
(5) (japanese,three-star)	88.89
(6) (japanese,troops,three-star)	80.56
(7) (japan,threat)	77.78
(8) (japan,targets)	75.00
(9) (japan,strike)	72.22
(10) (japan,spending)	69.44
(11) (japan,sea)	66.67
(12) (japanese,sea)	63.89
(13) (japanese,troops,sea)	55.56
(14) (japan,sdf)	52.78
(15) (japanese,sdf)	50.00
(16) (japanese,troops,sdf)	41.67
(17) (japan,procure)	38.89
(18) (japan,post-war)	36.11
(19) (japanese,media)	33.33
(20) (japanese,troops,media)	25.00
(21) (japanese,japan)	22.22
(22) (japanese,troops,japan)	13.89
(23) (japanese,information)	11.11
(24) (japanese,troops,information)	2.78